TASCAM Portacapture X6: The X8's Smaller Relative!

Introducing the Portacapture X6, TASCAM’s more compact successor to the X8 for film and documentary makers, podcasters, voiceover artists, journalists, musicians, and ASMR creators! Gabriel tests out this handheld multitrack recorder, which features specs such as two built-in adjustable microphones, 32 Bit Float recording, color touchscreen, BlueTooth remote control and more.

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[truecuckoo]

Nice! I think it’s a missed opportunity to not include xlr/trs combo jacks for versatility though.

[deepseadiver]

No combination XLR / 1/4 jack input :(. Really a shame.

[anthonydiiorio]

Looks interesting. I hope Tascam updates their other DR series with USB C and better EIN performance.

[Landelutt]

Damn good skills with that brass instrument. =)

[ciekaweurzadzenia]

Does this device allow you to record sounds from one XLR microphone to a memory card and at the same time send this sound via a usb c cable to a smartphone?

[orion]

Touch screen is next level! Great presentation!

[LANDSEAAIRCANADA]

These reviews are very helpful and vital to this commenter Thanks Gabe & Team B & H

[jefferson.castillo]

If I connect the Rode Go Wireless to the 3.5mm line in..will it still capture 32 bit float? Awesome video btw!

[CameraRay]

I'm thinking they only went to 96khz to get rid of ultrasonic issue like the X8. Bummer there is no 1/4 .

[JeremiahBostwick]

Battery type, battery life test?

And although I'm sure we can look up bit-rates, it would've been nice to have a reference to know how long the recording times could be on say a 32GB microSD card.

There also wasn't much information at all on the noise floor or the quality of A/D converters.

[JonathanSeni]

Are the inbuilt microphones removable to use channel 1 and 2 as XLR /jack inputs?

[kennethfingleton]

I bought this not for recording but to fashion a one-off, super quiet hearing aid. 
I read horror stories of musicians that bought hearing aids but lost the musical side of sound.
The parametric EQ allows for at home, 4-band adjustment for my hearing losses.
No trips back to the audiologist for your hearing test adjustments.
It compensates for poor (untuned) commercial sound ceiling speakers during seminars.
It cleans up the karaoke DJ's, that eat the mic, and produce the overwhelming bass proximity effect.
The choices of low cut go from 40 to 240 to solve that problem. No more mumble.
This video showed that the X6 IF IN WAV mode, allows for the 32 bit float menu to appear.
I bought the $40 Bluetooth dongle and JVC Bluetooth headphones to complete the hearing aid.
The TASCAM dongle does not transmit any audio as you would normally think. It is strictly for R/Control.
Another audio Bluetooth device is needed to plug into the Line Out for full wireless hearing aid operation.
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KF-83

[solncekreeze]

Why is it that when an external microphone is connected to the xlr input, a small signal indication lights up on the other input (input is disabled)?

[donlindell]

Very interested, but waiting for more information on using this as a computer interface

[gcvrsa]

The lack of combo jacks makes this not a good choice for many musicians, sadly, leaving us no options between the DR-40X and the Portacapture X8 for twice the money, twice the size, and twice the weight. The X8 might be worth it, but the X6 should have had combo jacks. Hopefully, there will someday be an X4 with combo jacks, and a revised X6.

[Robterdammer]

Why has Tascam and Zoom no 2x mini jack for interview with 2x lavalier microphone or 2x transmitter receiver?

[JLBA]

Is there a case or mount for this. If we were booming whats the best way to carry this around?

[toneranger]

Great review Gabriel please give metric units aswell. Can the condensers be used simultaneously with the xlrs for recording say 2 sings musicians on the mics and a guitar and bass D.I for example in 3 & 4 ? On another note, I noticed the inputs are only XLR not combos jack/xlr Thanks

[RadekHerdzik]

Hi, do you know if there is some option like to add any reverb to rocord file or to change recorded reverb afterwards?
Great review and sax playing!!!

[rsmith]

Nice size, how's the self-noise?